Dear Liza,
I have been working on the French map quilt a little bit every day. Sometimes it goes smoothly and I get lots done. Other days, I hate every stitch and snip out the day’s work.
Such is the artistic process, I am told, and I am making progress!
I have laid in all the vineyards around Bordeaux, pastureland by Brest, and am now putting in all the apple orchards in Normandy.
The apple trees were very challenging. I tried several different shapes, but they all looked wrong. Finally, I just ‘sketched’ a few with stitches, and found what I was looking for.
I like that each tree has three colors! (….Now maybe I need to go back and add more texture to my other icons?)
Moving forward, I have about half the country to go, and look forward to the next set of conundrums.
Love,
Grandma Judy
Dear Liza 